Tennessee Titans (12-5) vs Cincinnati Bengals (11-7)
Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 4:30 pm
Big news for the Tennessee backfield as Derrick Henry expected to return. Nose tackle Tart is questionable. Bengals middle linebacker Pratt out. Cincinnati opened the playoffs with a 26-19 home win to Las Vegas Raiders needing a stop deep in their territory to avoid overtime. They gained only 308 yards and held to six second half points. They were only 2 of 5 in the red zone but held the Raiders to 1 of 5. Bengals averaged only 3.3 yards per rush. Cincinnati a bottom half team offensive and defensively on third down and red zone. Mike Vrabel started as a head coach with Tennessee in 2018. Titans are 4-0 straight up and against the spread with the margin of victory +19.1 coming off the bye in the Vrabel era. Titans have won six of eight with Henry in the lineup. Past three games Bengals defense allowing 391 yards, 5.9 yards per rush and 6.3 yards per pass attempt. On the road Cincinnati has averaged only 308 yards giving 2.6 sacks a game. Play Tennessee -3.5.